m45a1?

[rickdavis81]

Hopefully I'm in the right forum, sorry if I'm not. Found a guy selling a 1975 5 ton military dump truck. He says it's a M45a-1 with a mack diesel but I can't find any info on google about it. I thought it should be a m929 or m930 but I don't know much about the subject, yet lol. Is there such a thing? Any info?

 

[Black Ops]

It should be an m51a1. It was probably rebuilt in 1975.

 

[fuzzytoaster]

If it has a Mack then it's an M51A1, if it has an LDS multifuel it's an M52A2, if neither it's a plain old M52 with big gasoline engine.

http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m51.php

 

[NDT]

Originally manufactured 1965 or so. Good for farm or hobby use, but probably not something you want to put on a construction site with an 18 yr old driver.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

Looking at the pic it should be a Mack engine. If it was rebuilt in 1975 there is a good chance it was used in Vietnam. All of the rebuilds I've seen sold from the gov. with the rebuild year as the year of the truck.

 

[rickdavis81]

He said he bought it from the highway dept and he had a pic of the title. Said m45-a1 but I'm sure dmv screwed it up lol. It'd just be for me as a hobby truck to haul gravel and stuff. How much should it be able to haul? Was looking at 2.5 tons but this one seemed ok, more of a want than a need. Has 28k miles on it.

 

[NDT]

It will haul much more gravel than will fit in the dump bed.

 

[gimpyrobb]

It will fit your needs just fine. The 900 series are automatics, that truck will be a stick shift.

 

[pmramsey]

The picture and the description do not add up. It sure looks like a Mack. However, trucks built on the M45A1 Chassis, ran on the LDS-427 engine, and were a 2 1/2-ton, 6 X 6, with 9.00 X 20 tires

 

[papabear]

I think I can still see the "Tea pot" air cleaner setup which indicates M51A1 with the Mack engine still.

I have a nice M51A2 and as NDT says, it will haul more gravel etc., than will fit in the dump bed. I kinda wish it was a Mack but then having "free" fuel for it is kinda nice as well.

Like most older MV's, it's good for a hobby truck or maybe farm use, but it's too slow for on-road use and would require the addition of boards or metal welded to the bed to haul what it's capable of.

 

[rickdavis81]

It's about 280 miles away. I'm guessing driving it home would be a poor choice. We own some big flatbed goosenecks but it would put us way over legal weight limit. If I can get him down on price I'll start looking for a shipping company.